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OPTION 28: MANAGEMENT OF GRASS MARGINS AND BEETLEBANKS IN ARABLE FIELDS
Income foregone: | Gross Margin | | | £ | per ha |
| Winter Wheat | £434.00 | per ha | | |
| Winter Barley | £385.00 | | | |
| Spring Barley | £282.00 | | | |
| Gross Margin average: | | | 367.00 | |
| Interest on tenant's capital | | | 25.15 | |
| 100% loss of income: | | | 341.85 | |
Additional costs: | Sowing of Grass seed: | 164.60 | | | |
| Grass margin sown up to 3 times in 5 years | | | 98.76 | |
| Management activities on GM/ BB: | | | 36.13 | |
Total: | | | | 476.74 | per ha |
Overall cost: | | | | 476.74 | per ha |
*Average Tenant's Capital for Farm Types: Scotland General Cropping Farms & Cereal Farms | £399.25 |
Sowing Costs | Creating sterile seed bed | £ 13.60 | per ha |
| Seed (permanent grass) | 90.00 | |
| Fertiliser | 61.00 | |
| | 164.60 | per ha |
Management Activities | Topping | 24.70 | per ha |
| Control scrub development | £ 8.64 | |
| Creation of sterile strip by rotavation | 2.79 | |
| | 36.13 | per ha |
Contractors rates used are maximum rates to allow for currently high diesel costs not included in published rates.
Scrub control | Spraying | £ 13.60 | per ha |
Herbicide | £ 8.00 | |
| £ 21.60 | per ha |
2x per 5 yrs | £ 43.20 | |
per annum | £ 8.64 | per ha |
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